LONDON: A study shows Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, considered a jamai (son-in-law) of Bengal as he married a Bengali Jaya Bhaduri, may have a deeper connection to Bengal than he imagined.
And when UP voted for Subhas Chandra Bose+ in the contest to be re-elected president of the Indian National Congress in 1939, they had no idea they were possibly rooting for one of their own.
A team of distinguished global researchers have discovered that Bachchan, India's second PM Lal Bahadur Shastri and freedom fighter Bose may all be related.
The new interdisciplinary study has shown that the three men may all be descended from the same family hundreds of years ago. It re-explores the legend of five kulin Kayasthas migrating from Kannauj in northern India to Bengal, allegedly accompanying five Brahmins, a thousand or more years ago, as depicted in historical and genealogical works.
The five kulin Kayastha lineages in Bengal, which according to legend are descended from the Kayasthas who accompanied the five Brahmins from Kannauj, are Bose, Ghosh, Mitra, Datta, and Guha. The study combines a reappraisal of historical and genealogical works with a genetic analysis of a small group of individuals belonging to present-day Bengali kulin Kayastha families.
If the Boses of Bengal and the Srivastavas of UP were originally the same family, it would make Bachchan, ex-PM Shastri and Subhas Chandra Bose distant relatives of each other.
And when UP voted for Subhas Chandra Bose+ in the contest to be re-elected president of the Indian National Congress in 1939, they had no idea they were possibly rooting for one of their own.
A team of distinguished global researchers have discovered that Bachchan, India's second PM Lal Bahadur Shastri and freedom fighter Bose may all be related.
The new interdisciplinary study has shown that the three men may all be descended from the same family hundreds of years ago. It re-explores the legend of five kulin Kayasthas migrating from Kannauj in northern India to Bengal, allegedly accompanying five Brahmins, a thousand or more years ago, as depicted in historical and genealogical works.
The five kulin Kayastha lineages in Bengal, which according to legend are descended from the Kayasthas who accompanied the five Brahmins from Kannauj, are Bose, Ghosh, Mitra, Datta, and Guha. The study combines a reappraisal of historical and genealogical works with a genetic analysis of a small group of individuals belonging to present-day Bengali kulin Kayastha families.
If the Boses of Bengal and the Srivastavas of UP were originally the same family, it would make Bachchan, ex-PM Shastri and Subhas Chandra Bose distant relatives of each other.
Get latest news & live updates on the go on your pc with News App. Download The Times of India news app for your device.
